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Log Student’s t-distribution-based option sensitivities: Greeks for the Gosset formulae

Abstract

European options can be priced when returns follow a log Student’s t-distribution, provided that the asset is capped in value or the distribution is truncated. We call pricing of options using a log Student’s t-distribution a Gosset approach, in honour of W.S. Gosset. In this paper, we compare the Greeks for Gosset and Black–Scholes formulae and we discuss implementation. The t-distribution requires a shape parameter to match the ‘fat tails’ of …

Authors

Cassidy DT; Hamp MJ; Ouyed R

Journal

Quantitative Finance, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp. 1289–1302

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

8 2013

DOI

10.1080/14697688.2012.744087

ISSN

1469-7688